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Deuteronomy 17:8-13
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8 “If a matter is too difficult for you,[a] for example disputes between blood and blood,[b] between legal claim and legal claim[c] and between assault and assault[d] and between matters of discernment in your towns,[e] then you shall get up and you shall go to the place that Yahweh your God will choose; 9 then you shall go to the priests and the Levites and to the judge who will be in office in those days, and you shall enquire, and they shall announce to you the verdict.[f]

10 “And you shall carry out exactly the decision[g] that they announced to you from that place that Yahweh will choose, and you shall diligently observe[h] according to all that they instruct you. 11 And so according to the instruction of the law[i] that they teach you and according to the decisions that they say to you, you shall do; you shall not turn from the word that they tell you to the right or to the left. 12 And the man who treats with contempt[j] so as not to listen to the priest who is standing to minister on behalf of Yahweh your God or to the judge, that man shall die; so you shall purge the evil from Israel. 13 And all the people will hear and will be afraid, and they will not behave presumptuously again.

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  1. Deuteronomy 17:8 Literally “If is difficult/wonderful from you a thing for judgment”
  2. Deuteronomy 17:8 Or “between one homicide and another”
  3. Deuteronomy 17:8 Or “one kind of lawsuit and another”
  4. Deuteronomy 17:8 Or “one kind of abuse and another”
  5. Deuteronomy 17:8 Literally “gates”
  6. Deuteronomy 17:9 Literally “the word of the decision”
  7. Deuteronomy 17:10 Literally “and you shall do according to the mouth of the word”
  8. Deuteronomy 17:10 Literally “and you shall observe and do”
  9. Deuteronomy 17:11 Literally “mouth of the law”
  10. Deuteronomy 17:12 Or “acts presumptuously”
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8 (A)“If a matter arises which is too hard for you to judge, between degrees of guilt for bloodshed, between one judgment or another, or between one punishment or another, matters of controversy within your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the (B)place which the Lord your God chooses. 9 And (C)you shall come to the priests, the Levites, and (D)to the judge there in those days, and inquire of them; (E)they shall pronounce upon you the sentence of judgment. 10 You shall do according to the sentence which they pronounce upon you in that place which the Lord chooses. And you shall be careful to do according to all that they order you. 11 According to the sentence of the law in which they instruct you, according to the judgment which they tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left from the sentence which they pronounce upon you. 12 Now (F)the man who acts presumptuously and will not heed the priest who stands to minister there before the Lord your God, or the judge, that man shall die. So you shall put away the evil from Israel. 13 (G)And all the people shall hear and fear, and no longer act presumptuously.

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8 If cases come before your courts that are too difficult for you to judge(A)—whether bloodshed, lawsuits or assaults(B)—take them to the place the Lord your God will choose.(C) 9 Go to the Levitical(D) priests and to the judge(E) who is in office at that time. Inquire of them and they will give you the verdict.(F) 10 You must act according to the decisions they give you at the place the Lord will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you to do. 11 Act according to whatever they teach you and the decisions they give you. Do not turn aside from what they tell you, to the right or to the left.(G) 12 Anyone who shows contempt(H) for the judge or for the priest who stands ministering(I) there to the Lord your God is to be put to death.(J) You must purge the evil from Israel.(K) 13 All the people will hear and be afraid, and will not be contemptuous again.(L)

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